CARSON, Calif. (AP) – Brian Ching scored in the first half and Landon Donovan became the U.S. career points leader when he fed Eddie Johnson for a second-half goal Saturday as the United States advanced to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.

Ching scored his fifth international goal in the 29th minute off a long pass from Justin Mapp, and Johnson doubled the lead in the 54th, scoring his 10th goal, his first since Feb. 19, 2006. Donovan got his 25th assist to go along with 30 international goals.

, and with 85 points he moved one ahead of Eric Wynalda for the career lead.

The United States improved to 6-0-1 since Bob Bradley replaced Bruce Arena as coach and remained undefeated in 21 group-play games in the Gold Cup, the championship of soccer’s North and Central American and Caribbean region. The Americans are seeking their second straight Gold Cup title and a berth in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Kasey Keller played his 99th international game, one short of Tony Meola’s record for U.S. goalkeepers, and got his 47th shutout.

Trinidad, coming off its first World Cup appearance last year, lost to El Salvador in its Gold Cup opener and remained winless in the tournament since 2000. It plays Guatemala on Tuesday.

The Americans, who finish the opening round Tuesday against El Salvador at Foxborough, Mass., used 10 different starters from Thursday’s opening 1-0 win over Guatemala. Midfielder Benny Feilhaber was the lone holdover.

Mapp was in the far left corner when he sent the ball under the feet of a charging Ching, who skipped it into the goal. The 29-year-old Hawaiian, who plays for the Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo, converted after missing on several tantalizing chances earlier, including a pair of one-on-ones against goalkeeper Jan Michael Williams.

Donovan, who entered at the start of the second half, created the goal after taking a long pass from China that left him with Johnson in the center for a two-on-one. Donovan crossed the ball, and Johnson scored easily.

Johnson, coming off a pair of three-goal games for MLS’s Kansas City Wizards, came out in the 71st minute holding his right leg.

Note: U.S. D Oguchi Onyewu was suspended for the game following his red card against Guatemala. American MF Pablo Mastroeni served the third and final game of his suspension for a red card against Italy in last year’s World Cup. … T&T’s Anthony Noriega was carried off on a stretcher midway through the first half after taking a blow to the head in a tangle with Ching and Williams.

AP-ES-06-09-07 1944EDT